ART Classes, ART Workshops,
ART Exhibitions
"How can I improve my drawing and painting skills?"
Selsey
Artists Group
Sponsored by Arts Dream Selsey, There are three Selsey Art Groups
a week at either St Wilfrid’s Church Hall or St Peter’s Church Hall.
Designed as a space for artists of all levels to explore their creativity and practise drawing and painting, but mostly for Selsey creatives to meet with like minds and enjoy themselves. Gary Sharp the group's organiser also arranges regular workshops with professional artists to help attendees improve their skills. Each year our artists show their work in Selsey's very own affordable art fair on the August Bank Holiday Weekend
Coming up in 2024 we have some very special artists coming to Selsey, workshops are open to both members (£35) and non-members (£40).
see below for more information on booking
Art Classes
Sponsored by Arts Dream Selsey, There are three Selsey Art Groups a week at either St Wilfrid’s Church Hall or St Peter’s Church Hall.
Scroll down for class information.
Open to artists of all abilities, we run three different classes each week. You can join more than one class a week if you wish, you will need to supply your own materials. Our classes run throughout the year, so why not get started on a new hobby or brush up some of your skills and join our lovely group of enthusiastic amateur artists in Selsey to swap tips and ideas to improve your skills in a supportive environment.
Classes cost £3 per session.
Classes run at the following times each week:
Monday 14:00 to 17:00 St Peter's Church Hall.
Contact: Edna Whiting on 01243 605930
Tuesday 09:30 to 12:00 at St Wilfrid’s Church Hall,
Contact: Gary Sharp on 01243 607476 / 07808 167114
Thursday 18:30pm to 21:00 at St Wilfrid’s Church Hall.
Contact: Clare Pretorius on 07957 267218
Or contact us via our email for further information: gary240849@gmail.com
Art Exhibitions
Selsey Art Exhibition
August 2024
Medmerry School
Some photos of our August 2024 exhibition
A huge thank you to everyone who visited our Annual Art Exhibition in August
So many of you bought beautiful original art works and handmade jewellery, all created by local artists.
With around 30 exhibitors and an astonishing 200+ items for sale, from paintings through glass works to individually created greetings cards we were delighted to offer so much variety for sale.
If you think you'd like to join an art class and perhaps put your own work on display next year then take a look at our Art Classes.
They run on different days, at different times of the week, there's bound to be one to suit your lifestyle.
Art Workshops
Join one of our workshops run by professional artists to hone your skills and learn new methods of painting
Each year we organise Art workshops with professional Artists from around the country. We try to find artists in different disciplines from oils to watercolour, contemporary and traditional. The aim is to provide our class members with new ideas and skill sets. Our artists get to try out these new skills under the nurturing eye of a professional.
Our workshops are open to everyone.
Tickets cost:
£35 for members
£40 for non-members
2024 sees 5 workshops with professional artists. Scroll down for information on upcoming sessions and to see the results of earlier workshops.
5th October
Rick Holmes – Multi Media
Rick specialises in painting “plein air” using a loose realistic style with very varied subjects ranging from marine/river scenes to landscapes and portraits
What Rick has to say about his art:
"I was born in Greenock, Scotland in 1945 and drew and painted from an early age. A very wet holiday in Cornwall 35 years ago rekindled my love of drawing and I have been painting seriously for nearly 30 years. Originally my preferred medium was watercolour and due to its very unpredictable nature a difficult medium to work with, but I love the immediacy and effects only achieved with watercolour."
16th November
Frans De Leij
Watercolour
Frans is particularly attracted to painting in watercolour, especially the use of wet into wet techniques where wet paint is flooded onto a wet surface.
Previous workshops in 2024
March 9th 2024
Cecil Rice worked with our group on watercolour techniques painting the iconic Brighton Pier.
You can see some of the results here.
For further information and to see many more examples of Cecil’s work visit his website at:
April 13th 2024
Stewart Beckett shared his considerable knowledge with the group in painting with oils. Here are some lovely photos taken on the day showing the progression of his work.
For further information and to see many more examples of Stewart’s work visit his website at:
June 15th 2024
Catherine Beale, a painter specialising in light-filled watercolour showed us her techniques for the Line and Wash method of laying down water-based paint. We loved her work and learned so much
For more information about Catherine and to see some examples of her work then go to:
